The snowsport season has commenced. The Skis have been waxed, the goggles have been wiped, and the jackets have been cleaned. But, with everything that people enjoy, there is some form of controversy. This comes in the form of discrimination, not of ethnic background, but of riding preference. At resorts like Alta, snowboarding is still banned, but is it for the right reason?

"A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad."-Theodore Roosevelt

As I sit in my room, reluctantly writing seemingly superfluous short answers, I hear the sounds of my neighbors playing football outside. It provokes the question, how important to the schools is my answer to "would you go back in time or forward?". Although I am fully aware that admissions officers carefully scrutinize each piece of my application, it is hard to completely accept that all of the work I am doing HAS to be done. I guess it's just the teenage procrastination in me... What is encouraging is that in a little more than a month, it will all be over. It feels bittersweet though, for with the increased work has come less time to appreciate my final year at Fenn. Ah well, nothing gold can stay. Good luck my friends!